ArticleCase reports in infectious diseases2020
False-Negative CSF Cryptococcal Antigen with
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- Seven-year performance of a clinical metagenomic next-generation sequencing test for diagnosis of central nervous system infections.Nature medicine · 2024Article
- Less Is More? Two Cases of Cryptococcosis Treated Using Single-dose Liposomal Amphotericin B as Part of Induction Therapy in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.Transplantation direct · 2024Article
- False-negative cerebral spinal fluid cryptococcal antigen lateral flow assay due to postzone phenomenon in a patient with disseminated cryptococcal disease: a case report.The Journal of international medical research · 2023Article
- Enclosed and silent growth of chronic cryptococcal meningitis.BMJ case reports · 2022Article
- Infections due to RareJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Abstract
A 70-year-old immunocompetent male in South Carolina was admitted secondary to altered mental status and headache without focal neurological deficits. Head CT was negative. Lumbar puncture (LP) revealed normal glucose, elevated protein, and lymphocytosis. Opening pressure was 15 cm of H20. CSF lateral flow assay was negative for cryptococcal antigen; CSF cultures showed no growth. The patient rapidly improved on acyclovir and was diagnosed with presumed viral meningitis, as viral PCR and fungal culture were pending at time of discharge. The patient's condition quickly worsened and the patient returned one day later with right arm weakness and dysarthria. Brain MRI revealed T2/flair signal abnormalities in the left frontal lobe with associated parenchymal enhancement. Repeat LP revealed increasing white blood cell count with a worsening lymphocytosis and decreasing glucose, and opening pressure remained normal. CSF fungal culture from the first admission grew
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